By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested some officers and their ringleader, one Inspector
Rasheed Saheed, for their involvement in the killing of a youth Corper in Ogbomoso axis of the State.
The Command, in a statement issued by its public relations officer, Adewale Osifeso, said the suspects were arrested on Thursday, 25th April, 2024, and have been detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku.
TheFact Daily gathers that the deceased, identified as Damilola Iyanda, had attended the convocation ceremony of his brother, Oluwafemi Iyanda, who had graduated from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, after which they headed for an after-party the same day, where he was shot dead by the trigger-happy police officer.
The incident is said to have taken place at about 1:30am around a popular nightclub along, “Under G” area, Owode-Ogbomoso.
According to he investigation report, during the early hours of the same date and time, a distress call was received by Operatives of the Command’s Monitoring Unit stationed within Ogbomoso through the director of a popular nightclub within the axis, requesting immediate intervention and protection from rampaging suspected student cultists who were at the time harassing guests and destroying club property.
In a swift response to the call by the club director, a team of officers led by one inspector, Rasheed Saheed, arrived at the scene.
The altercation however worsened while deliberate efforts were made by the suspected cultists to prevent the police from further gaining access to the crime scene as shots were allegedly fired from different angles, including from the intervening officers who fired warning shots to disperse onlookers.
“The incident recorded the death of one Damilola, ‘m’, and the injury of his brother, one Iyanda Femi Israel, who has since been discharged from the hospital after treatment”, the statement read.
The police spokesperson further disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Hamzat Adebola, had ordered that the case be taken up by the Homicide Department of the SCID, with the Deputy Commissioner of Police directly in charge of the investigations.
The late Damilola was serving in Ibadan, the State capital.
